The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 2172
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
11:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3086
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.39° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.59° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.